They removed the option to select specific game modes with the latest patch.
At some point, they removed the option to queue with a group. You could only queue as single player to get into a random team.
They have now re-introduced group queues - but as a separate queue from single, and removed the option to choose the game mode.
Their reason being that there are not enough people queuing to fill so many separate queues (each game mode, for both single and group play).
Whether that is true, we have no idea, as only ZOS has actual numbers.
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Recapitated wrote: »My poll re: which modes people care about: https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/comment/7026252#Comment_7026252
My takeaway: for the solo queue, preventing people from choosing a mode will cause them to stop queuing for BGs or queue as group only. 50% of players have a less than 20% chance of going into the one mode they care about, there's just no point queuing solo at that point. Either find a group and treat every mode as deathmatch or don't queue at all.
The point of preventing mode selection is that it prevents certain modes from having very low population, but since it also reduces overall population it's somewhat counterproductive, and it might compound the issue instead of helping.
If it's true that this significantly reduces the queue population then a solution would be to let people select a mode, and then once the group is formed the modes that were selected have a higher chance of getting picked. So if 6 people picked deathmatch, 5 picked Chaosball and 1 picked Crazy King the chances of those modes are 50%, 42%, and 8% respectively.
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Do you think people who only want to play certain game modes will even queue if that's the case? It could mean people leaving early, not getting into queue in the first place etc.
Do you enjoy playing all the games modes? Could you imagine if you didn't like certain game modes to the extent you wouldn't try to play the ones you enjoy?
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Do you think people who only want to play certain game modes will even queue if that's the case? It could mean people leaving early, not getting into queue in the first place etc.
Do you enjoy playing all the games modes? Could you imagine if you didn't like certain game modes to the extent you wouldn't try to play the ones you enjoy?
It could mean people leaving early, sure, but we had that issue already.. So we would need some numbers to judge if it is bad or not.. And no, I do not enjoy all the game modes.. But as I see it, the randomized is in effect to stop you from dominating a game mode by making specific builds
I don't like Chaosball & CTR modes at all, everything else is fine.
Sadly lately i keep getting those two way too often, so i find myself waiting more time for the deserter penalty to go than actually playing matches.
GulmarAvocado wrote: »If I’m being very honest I think if they removed flag games this patch’s queue wouldn’t be as terrible. Flag games encourage little to no “pvp” and what I mean by this is actual fighting between player versus player, in most flag games like crazy king and domination the team that fights the least is usually the team that wins and that is absolutely dumb from my perspective of what pvp should accomplish in this game.
I have been doing a fair lot of battlegrounds, mostly solo queue and I must say that at least in high mmr when we get flag games half the group will just ignore flags and simply fight while the other while the other half will capture the flags, this happens because the game mode is just terrible and makes the team split and the people that want to pvp in the group end up 1v/2v8ing making it a terrible experience, same happens for the other players capturing flags they end up leaving because the other part of the team is ignoring objectives.
If they leave us with the other 3 game modes that are kind of balanced when it comes to fighting and objectives I honestly think battlegrounds would be much much better specially when literally no one or almost no one likes flag games.
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Do you think people who only want to play certain game modes will even queue if that's the case? It could mean people leaving early, not getting into queue in the first place etc.
Do you enjoy playing all the games modes? Could you imagine if you didn't like certain game modes to the extent you wouldn't try to play the ones you enjoy?
It could mean people leaving early, sure, but we had that issue already.. So we would need some numbers to judge if it is bad or not.. And no, I do not enjoy all the game modes.. But as I see it, the randomized is in effect to stop you from dominating a game mode by making specific builds
Weird they choose to do that in BGs but not Cyro or IC.
Personally I want to play the game for the reason I choose and not theirs. So I will only be playing CTR. I guess I will AFK or leave every other time it pops a mode I didnt choose or want to play. Rip.
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Do you think people who only want to play certain game modes will even queue if that's the case? It could mean people leaving early, not getting into queue in the first place etc.
Do you enjoy playing all the games modes? Could you imagine if you didn't like certain game modes to the extent you wouldn't try to play the ones you enjoy?
It could mean people leaving early, sure, but we had that issue already.. So we would need some numbers to judge if it is bad or not.. And no, I do not enjoy all the game modes.. But as I see it, the randomized is in effect to stop you from dominating a game mode by making specific builds
Weird they choose to do that in BGs but not Cyro or IC.
Personally I want to play the game for the reason I choose and not theirs. So I will only be playing CTR. I guess I will AFK or leave every other time it pops a mode I didnt choose or want to play. Rip.
Is it really that weird.? Then you have an area where you can build for it, and one where it is randomized.. an area for both types.. but if you are the type that goes afk instead of leaving, just because you don't like thr game mode that you get, I hope you get booted from the server as soon as you try to enter a BG
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Do you think people who only want to play certain game modes will even queue if that's the case? It could mean people leaving early, not getting into queue in the first place etc.
Do you enjoy playing all the games modes? Could you imagine if you didn't like certain game modes to the extent you wouldn't try to play the ones you enjoy?
It could mean people leaving early, sure, but we had that issue already.. So we would need some numbers to judge if it is bad or not.. And no, I do not enjoy all the game modes.. But as I see it, the randomized is in effect to stop you from dominating a game mode by making specific builds
Weird they choose to do that in BGs but not Cyro or IC.
Personally I want to play the game for the reason I choose and not theirs. So I will only be playing CTR. I guess I will AFK or leave every other time it pops a mode I didnt choose or want to play. Rip.
Is it really that weird.? Then you have an area where you can build for it, and one where it is randomized.. an area for both types.. but if you are the type that goes afk instead of leaving, just because you don't like thr game mode that you get, I hope you get booted from the server as soon as you try to enter a BG
Why did they need 1 for each?
GulmarAvocado wrote: »If I’m being very honest I think if they removed flag games this patch’s queue wouldn’t be as terrible. Flag games encourage little to no “pvp” and what I mean by this is actual fighting between player versus player, in most flag games like crazy king and domination the team that fights the least is usually the team that wins and that is absolutely dumb from my perspective of what pvp should accomplish in this game.
I have been doing a fair lot of battlegrounds, mostly solo queue and I must say that at least in high mmr when we get flag games half the group will just ignore flags and simply fight while the other while the other half will capture the flags, this happens because the game mode is just terrible and makes the team split and the people that want to pvp in the group end up 1v/2v8ing making it a terrible experience, same happens for the other players capturing flags they end up leaving because the other part of the team is ignoring objectives.
If they leave us with the other 3 game modes that are kind of balanced when it comes to fighting and objectives I honestly think battlegrounds would be much much better specially when literally no one or almost no one likes flag games.
Thats if you think of PVP as purely for fighting. You could say they should remove the keeps in cyrodil using the same logic. I dont agree at all. However I respect your opinion when it comes to pvp mainly being a focus on killing other players. I just disagree that all things that have player vs player should cleanse themselves of alternative goals.
You say its because they dont want to cap flags but fail to see that is because they have been forced to play a game mode they dont want to play. If people are focusing kills they should be able to chose death match. If they are focusing flags they should of been able to play a flag game. Its not the game mode that makes the team split its the lack of being able to choice what game mode they want.
They could leave all of them in since choice is not a bad thing since other people will have different tastes to you BUT also give us the choice to choose like a normal game company running a mmo...
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Do you think people who only want to play certain game modes will even queue if that's the case? It could mean people leaving early, not getting into queue in the first place etc.
Do you enjoy playing all the games modes? Could you imagine if you didn't like certain game modes to the extent you wouldn't try to play the ones you enjoy?
It could mean people leaving early, sure, but we had that issue already.. So we would need some numbers to judge if it is bad or not.. And no, I do not enjoy all the game modes.. But as I see it, the randomized is in effect to stop you from dominating a game mode by making specific builds
Weird they choose to do that in BGs but not Cyro or IC.
Personally I want to play the game for the reason I choose and not theirs. So I will only be playing CTR. I guess I will AFK or leave every other time it pops a mode I didnt choose or want to play. Rip.
Is it really that weird.? Then you have an area where you can build for it, and one where it is randomized.. an area for both types.. but if you are the type that goes afk instead of leaving, just because you don't like thr game mode that you get, I hope you get booted from the server as soon as you try to enter a BG
Why did they need 1 for each?
Because it is a good option.. it allows people who dont like Cyrodill to still have a decent chance to score AP.. believe it or not, a lot of people find the place daunting.. now they can go to BG instead, with a decent chance to not get steamrolled
DTStormfox wrote: »I like this random selection of game mode.
GulmarAvocado wrote: »GulmarAvocado wrote: »If I’m being very honest I think if they removed flag games this patch’s queue wouldn’t be as terrible. Flag games encourage little to no “pvp” and what I mean by this is actual fighting between player versus player, in most flag games like crazy king and domination the team that fights the least is usually the team that wins and that is absolutely dumb from my perspective of what pvp should accomplish in this game.
I have been doing a fair lot of battlegrounds, mostly solo queue and I must say that at least in high mmr when we get flag games half the group will just ignore flags and simply fight while the other while the other half will capture the flags, this happens because the game mode is just terrible and makes the team split and the people that want to pvp in the group end up 1v/2v8ing making it a terrible experience, same happens for the other players capturing flags they end up leaving because the other part of the team is ignoring objectives.
If they leave us with the other 3 game modes that are kind of balanced when it comes to fighting and objectives I honestly think battlegrounds would be much much better specially when literally no one or almost no one likes flag games.
Thats if you think of PVP as purely for fighting. You could say they should remove the keeps in cyrodil using the same logic. I dont agree at all. However I respect your opinion when it comes to pvp mainly being a focus on killing other players. I just disagree that all things that have player vs player should cleanse themselves of alternative goals.
You say its because they dont want to cap flags but fail to see that is because they have been forced to play a game mode they dont want to play. If people are focusing kills they should be able to chose death match. If they are focusing flags they should of been able to play a flag game. Its not the game mode that makes the team split its the lack of being able to choice what game mode they want.
They could leave all of them in since choice is not a bad thing since other people will have different tastes to you BUT also give us the choice to choose like a normal game company running a mmo...
I understand ur point, however I simply don’t think flag games are good for pvp in general, keeps in Cyrodiil promotes fighting in one way or the other, someone has to defend them but when it comes to flag games it’s better to leave the flag when an opposing team comes and capture another that’s the real problem on these game modes, if we are just going to run around and not even see the other players or interact with them what even is the point of pvp, I simply find them to be ridiculous game modes that should not exist. Maybe if we could select what you want to play then fine leave them there but since we can’t because we will have 30minutes queues or longer with the 2 new separate solo and group queue AND game mode selection is simply imposible. Crazy king and domination are terrible game modes and I truly think most of the community won’t even care if they are gone.
Hey everyone,
A long time ago I did all the achievements in BGs that rewarded a dye or housing item. It took a little bit of time to complete but I thought it was manageable because I could select the game mode I wanted to play. I am not sure if I am remembering that wrong though. I asked some friends and they said you use to be able to select the game mode you wished to play but they have now removed that feature.
Is this correct?
Why in the world can I not select the game mode I want to play?
I really enjoy the capture the relic game mode and have zero interest in the rest of them. Is this "feature" staying?
ZOS can you PLEASE allow us to pick the game mode we wish to queue for?....
Anyways... what do you think?... because I am not going to lie... I wont play the other modes and I dont want to leave the group every time its not the game mode I want. That will leave my group a person down and really bother them... rightly so.
My suggestions:
1) Allow us to select "with groups" and "without"
2) Allow us to select the game mode we want... Its crazy I even need to ask...
I would gladly wait for longer to play the way/mode I actually want...
I am not going to lie... I wont play the other modes and I dont want to leave the group every time its not the game mode I want. That will leave my group a person down and really bother them... rightly so.
They left us with team or solo queue random queue, although you still get pitted against team queued players when you solo queue, so it's basically just one queue.
Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Daemons_Bane wrote: »Keeping it random is fine imo
Do you think people who only want to play certain game modes will even queue if that's the case? It could mean people leaving early, not getting into queue in the first place etc.
Do you enjoy playing all the games modes? Could you imagine if you didn't like certain game modes to the extent you wouldn't try to play the ones you enjoy?
It could mean people leaving early, sure, but we had that issue already.. So we would need some numbers to judge if it is bad or not.. And no, I do not enjoy all the game modes.. But as I see it, the randomized is in effect to stop you from dominating a game mode by making specific builds
Weird they choose to do that in BGs but not Cyro or IC.
Personally I want to play the game for the reason I choose and not theirs. So I will only be playing CTR. I guess I will AFK or leave every other time it pops a mode I didnt choose or want to play. Rip.
Is it really that weird.? Then you have an area where you can build for it, and one where it is randomized.. an area for both types.. but if you are the type that goes afk instead of leaving, just because you don't like thr game mode that you get, I hope you get booted from the server as soon as you try to enter a BG
Why did they need 1 for each?
Because it is a good option.. it allows people who dont like Cyrodill to still have a decent chance to score AP.. believe it or not, a lot of people find the place daunting.. now they can go to BG instead, with a decent chance to not get steamrolled
and why cant they do that with a choice in BGs as well?